The story of the teddy bear begins in November 1902 when President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt traveled to Mississippi to mediate a border dispute between that state and Louisiana. It is told that he took some time out from his work to go on a hunting expedition and that his hosts trapped a bear cub to ensure the President's venture would be successful. When Roosevelt realized this scheme, he refused to shoot the cub. Hearing of the incident, cartoonist Clifford Berryman drew a sketch of the President holding a rifle and standing with his back to a terrified bear cub; the caption read, "Drawing the line in Mississippi." The cartoon caught the attention of Brooklyn candy store owner Morris Michtom, a Russian immigrant, who fashioned a brown plush toy bear with button eyes and movable limbs. He placed the bear in the front window of his store, along...